School Research: Cranston High School West


Author: Emma Kilbane
District: Cranston, Rhode Island
School: Cranston High School West


A. Information Works

When you researched the community and district, you were provided tables to help with the task of making sense of the various graphs available on Information Works site. For your school report, you should make sense of the data one your own. Remember that you can email your instructor if you have any difficulties.

To research your school, you should consider the questions about schools that we brainstormed in class and decide on some questions that YOU think should be answered in your description of your school You should research at least four of the indicators on the school report page for your school to gather information that you feel will serve as evidence for your description.

Questions that you would like to find answers for:






1. Name of Indicator: Demographics


Data:


Summary statement:


2. Name of Indicator: NECAP Scores/AP Scores


Data:

NECAP 07/08

Cranston HS West

Math - 23%
Reading - 64%
Writing - 33%

Rhode Island
Math -
22%
Reading - 62%
Writing - 37%


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AP Test Scores
School
Percent of seniors
who took AP Exams

Percent Who Scored
at College-level Mastery

Cranston HS West
21%
59%
Cranston HS East
11%
74%
Rhode Island
21%
59%







Summary statement:


3. Name of Indicator: Location, maybe make a comparison to Cranston East


Data: INCLUDES CRANSTON CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER


Summary statement:


4. Name of Indicator: Socioeconomic Status/Income/Poverty


Data:


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B. SALT Reports

In addition to survey data reported in Information Works, the SALT Surveys and the SALT visit report provides an "on the ground" description of what a group of visiting evaluators found while visiting the school for several days. After learning more about the SALT cycle from the link above, review the most recent report for your school and summarize what you find:

Data of last SALT visit: January 27-31, 2003


Notes from Report:


Summary statement: